Monday 8 May 2017

MEST3: Section A Revision Task

Task 1: List 10 stories/debates/examples that you could use for the Identities and the Media question. 


  • Everyday Sexism
  • Social media can be a pretty ugly place if you're a woman in politics
  • Trump's groping boasts inspire thousands of women to share sexual assault stories on Twitter
  • Journalists win 'ending violence against women' awards
  • The nun harnessing Twitter to spread her message to the masses
  • Gone Too Far Blogpost 
  • Ellen coming out 20th Aniversary
  • Twitter's racial outburst upon The Force Awakens reveal
  • Chineese Censorship
  • Black Lives Mater Campaign

Task 2: List 10 stories/debates/examples that you could use for the New/Digital Media question.

  • Film and TV streaming and downloads overtake DVD sales for first time
  • #DeleteUber: how social media turned on Uber
  • Daily Mail group refuses to rule out sale of newspaper titles
  • UK media chiefs called in by minister for talks on fake news
  • Popular newspapers suffer greater circulation falls than qualities
  • Moral panic over fake news hides the real enemy – the digital giants
  • Platforms v creators: the battle for the internet economy
  • Facebook hires TV journalist Campbell Brown as media liaison after fake news fallout
  • Ofcom report: how news consumption has changed
  • Fake news clampdown: Google gives €150,000 to fact-checking projects

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